duminică, 14 septembrie 2008

Technology and products

HP has successful lines of printers, scanners, digital cameras, calculators, PDAs, servers, workstation computers, and computers for home and small business use computers; many of the computers came from the 2002 merger with Compaq. HP today promotes itself as supplying not just hardware and software, but also a full range of services to design, implement and support IT infrastructure.
The three business segments: Enterprise Storage and Servers (ESS), HP Services (HPS), and HP Software are structured beneath the broader Technology Solutions Group (TSG).
Imaging and Printing Group (IPG)
According to HP's 2005 U.S. SEC 10-K filing, HP's Imaging and Printing Group is "the leading imaging and printing systems provider in the world for printer hardware, printing supplies and scanning devices, providing solutions across customer segments from individual consumers to small and medium businesses to large enterprises." This division is currently headed by Vyomesh Joshi.
Products and technology associated with the Imaging and Printing Group include:
•Inkjet and LaserJet printers, consumables and related products
•Officejet all-in-one multifunction printer/scanner/faxes
•Large Format Printers
•Indigo Digital Press
•HP Web Jetadmin printer management software
•HP Output Management suite of software, including HP Output Server
•LightScribe optical recording technology that laser-etches labels on disks
•HP Photosmart digital cameras and photo printers
•HP SPaM Hosted within IPG, SPaM is an internal consulting group that supports all HP businesses on mission-critical strategic and operation decisions.
The Technology Solutions Group (TSG)
•Business products including storage and servers, managed services and software.
HP Technology Solutions Group
Personal Systems Group (PSG)
HP's Personal Systems Group claims to be "one of the leading vendors of personal computers ("PCs") in the world based on unit volume shipped and annual revenue."
Personal Systems Group products/technology include:
•Consumer PCs including the HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario and VoodooPC series
•Workstations for Unix, Windows and Linux systems
•Handheld Computing including iPAQ Pocket PC handheld computing devices (from Compaq)
•Digital "Connected" Entertainment including HP MediaSmart TVs, HP MediaSmart Servers, HP MediaVaults, and DVD+RW drives. HP resold the Apple iPod until November 2005.
•Home Storage Servers

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